Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of January 18th to January 24th.
Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week after the cut!
After revealing the ‘making-of’ clip for his new PV, “Sun Burns Down“, Jin Akanishi has just released the full video!
As promised, the PV draws inspiration from ‘Entanglement‘ and ‘Mission Impossible‘, as Jin plays a jewel thief who discovers that he isn’t alone in his heist. He bumps into a female thief with the same agenda, resulting …
Oricon has revealed the latest results of its weekly charts for the week of January 30th. Check them out after the jump!
It’s been announced that Arashi’s Sakurai Sho and AKB48’s Oshima Yuko will star in TBS’s special drama “Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushi tachi~“!
Scheduled to air as a consecutive three-night series, the drama will broadcast its first episode sometime in April. The story will follow teachers from three different eras in history.
Sakurai and Oshima will star in the first episode, which …
Today the winners have been announced for the ‘54th Blue Ribbon Awards‘, a prestigious movie award that is awarded by the movie critics and writers of all seven major newspapers in Tokyo.
The big prize ‘Best Film’ went to Sono Sion’s surreal masterpiece “Cold Fish” (“Tsumetai Nettaigyo“), starring Fukikoshi Mitsuru. Sono, who is already collecting awards for his latest film “Himizu“, …
Pop singer Superfly has announced that she will be releasing a new live DVD & Blu-ray on April 4th.
Titled “Shout In The Rainbow!!“, the DVD & Blu-ray will feature the Osaka-jo Hall performance of Superfly’s first arena tour. It will include a total of 21 songs, along with Shiho’s charming MC segments.
The DVD & Blu-ray will …
In her years of being in the entertainment industry, Aragaki Yui has expanded her genre from various endorsement to movies. She is also well-known for her activities in TV dramas and so goo decided to ask it users, “What are your favorite dramas starring Aragaki Yui?” to see the dramas which really brought her up to her current …
SPEED’s Uehara Takako is featured semi-nude in the March issue of popular men’s magazine, “GQ JAPAN“.
Uehara was featured in the monthly special feature, titled “The Determination of a 29-year-old“. For this 8-page spread, Uehara challenged herself to semi-nude shots. She stated, “I want to destroy the public’s image of me.”
The photo shoot was held in the middle of winter. Despite …
Drama Prime Time Report – January 20th~22nd
The two big highlights: ‘Renai NEET’ and ‘Mousou Sousa’ aired their first episodes.
Meanwhile, not many unexpected developments for the remaining dramas in terms of ratings. Only one drama managed to gain viewers with its second episode. Taiga drama ‘Taira no Kiyomori’ aired its third episode and the ratings dropped again. How is it supposed to survive a whole year with such a weak start?
All the ratings and more details can be found after the cut!
"Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan" / "Always: Sunset on Third Street 3" / "Robo-G"
"Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan" / "Always: Sunset on Third Street 3" / "Robo-G"
“ALWAYS 3” came in on top, followed by “Sentai Gokaiger” at number two. The Korean adaption of “Kimi wa Petto” opened in at sixth, while “Johnny English” maneuvered in at seventh place.
As expected, the final movie in the popular “ALWAYS” trilogy, “ALWAYS San-chome no …
Back in November, the boys of D☆DATE revealed that they would be releasing two new singles to kick things off in 2012. They first released ‘Love Heaven‘ back on January 11th. Their second single for 2012 and fifth single overall titled ‘JOKER‘ is scheduled for released on February 22nd and earlier today, the PV preview was released.
Lee Sang …
On January 23rd, idol group AKB48 held an event titled, ‘AKB Unit Festival’, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
This festival is like an extra concert to their four-day event, ‘Request Hour Set List Best 100’, which ended just recently on the 22nd. This festival featured AKB48 sub-units Watarirouka Hashiritai 7, No Sleeves, and French …
The stage of this week’s ‘Music Japan‘ was graced by a bevy of talented female artists.
On January 22nd, viewers got to see idol group SDN48 hold a duet with Mino Monta. Additionally, soloists Kikkawa Yuu, Milky Bunny, and Kuriyama Chiaki performed their latest tracks.
Check out all the performances below!
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< SDN48 – ‘Kudokinagara Azabujuban duet with Mino Monta’ >
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On January 23rd, 5-member girl group 9nine attended the release event for their new song, “Shoujo Traveler”, at Shibuya’s Maru City. This song talks about a “love adventure” and incorporates the word ‘bus stop’ in the lyrics. As such, the girls arrived in a red double-decker bus.
Member Yoshii Kanae (18) explained, “This is an adventurous love song …
EXILE’s sister group FLOWER has announced that they will be releasing their second single, “SAKURA Regret“, on February 29th!
“SAKURA Regret” will be produced by Matsuo Kiyoshi, who was also in charge of the group’s debut single, “Still“. The limited edition will come with a DVD and photo book.
Stay tuned for more details on this upcoming release. In …
